Paring-machine.



L. G. SIMPSON.

PARING MACHINE. -APPLIQATION FILED JAN, 29, 1906.

Patented Sept.22,1908.

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LEON Gr SIMPSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PARING-MACHINE No.s99,34o.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application filed January 29, 1906. Serial No. 298,349.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON G. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paring-Machine, of whichthe Afol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for I paring or peeling, vegetables or fruit having a skin .of a character readilyremovable by abrasion, and has for its 'object to provide an efficient mechanism adapted to peel such articles of varying sizes Vand conformations, and also ada ted to remove the skin from the same, at east to a very large extent, in cavities or irregularities in the surface thereof.

My invention consists in providing a sup- 1 port for the vegetable, and a brush having a surface adapted to remove the skin therefrom, and providing means for exposing practically the entire surface of the. vegetable to the action of such brush, while, at the same time, maintaining a relative motion between the surface of the vegetable, at successive points therein, and the brush.

An embodiment of my invention comprises a revoluble su port for carrying the vegetable and a revo uble brush for removing the skin therefrom, and I have found it desirable to provide a brush of cylindrical form, and to impart thereto a measurably rapid rate of rotation while it is in contact with the surface of the vegetable; and in such an arrangement I provide, also, means for exposing practically the entire surface of the vegetable to the action of the brush I have, however, found it desirable to ref move a small portion ofthe skin from the vegetable, being that portion next to the impaling pin upon which the vegetable is carried and revolved, by means of a knife adaction of a rapidly revolvin at this point during a shows my machine in perspective. Fig. 2 shows a view of part of my machine as seen from the left hand end, showing the revoluble brush in contact with the potato, in` the process of paring the same, Fi 3 is a view of a part of my machine as seen om the rear side, and shows the knife v1 and its supporting and carrying mechanism in operative position for removing the skin from the potato, next to the carr ing pin d. Fig. 4 shows, central vertica transverse section, a part ofthe revolving brush. Figs, 5 and 6 show details in the construction of the brushing teeth, as will be explained. Fig. 7 shows in central longitudinal section a part of the brush.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout Bthe several gures.

Referring to the drawings,-B is the base plate of my machine, proje'ctin upwards from which is seen the standard 1 carrying at its upper bifurcated end the bearings b, in which t ere is revolubly supported the shaft s. This shaft s has secured on the right end thereof a gear wheel g and the crank c having the handle h thereon. Secured in the left hand of the shaft s is seen the carrying pin d, having inserted in its left hand end the flat and pointed blade d1, adapted to engage the potato on the inside and cause the same to revolve with the pin d, secured in the shaft s.

'.The ear g engages the gear g1 on shaft sl revoluby sup orted in bearings b2 formed on the base l teli3 and on the standard B1. On the left and end of the shaft sl is seen the Worm w engaging thel horizontally disposed worm gear g2, revoluble upon the pin p13 secured in the base B. v The rear left hand corner of the base B is curved upwardly and terminates in the horizontal portion b1, in which there is formed a bearing for the vertical shaft p7, carrying on its lower end the crank f8, articulating with the left hand end of the connectinglink fg by means of the pin p1, while, the right hand end of this link jl articulates upon a crank pin p12 carried by the gear g2. On the upper end of shaft p7 is secured the base plate f7, which is, of course, moved angulary with this shaft p7. This base plate f7 carries a projection, in which is threaded the screw t3, and by means of which 0 the arm f 8 is so adjusted as to secure any desired tension upon the spring m4, the function of which will be explained later. Thls base plate f also carries an arm f5, with and the lsupported at p3, as'seen in Fig. 1, from the which the arm f 3 artieulates upon the pin p". The brush fork f1 is pivoted to the upper end of this armj'3 and upon the pin 5, andsultable sto s j 1 and f l are provide on lever f 3 and for jl, res ectively, to limit the angular motion of for f l on pin p5. The forward motion of lever f3 is limitedby the inclined .upper edge of the arm f 5. At the upper ends of this brush carrying fork f 1 are formed bearin s for the shafts3 upon which there is secure the cylindrical brush for removing the skin from the potato. An armv n is p ivotally su ported upon a pin p1, passing through t e ears b3 formed on the base plate B and the standard B. This arm n extends upwardly and towards the right and carries the pin p at its upper end, upon which there is pivoted the rocking lever f, carryingthe friction roll r revolubly supported in bearings in the upper end of lever j. A screw 7c, operating a ainst the free end of the fiat spring m, rigid secured to the arm n,-such screw threade through the lowei` end ofthe arm f is provided that the pressure between the friction roll r and the side of the gear g maybe adjusted as desired.

For vai ing the rate of rotation of the friction ro l 1 relative to' that of the gear g, the arm n is moved to or from the standard B1, Swingin upon the pin p1 as already described, an is held in adjusted position by .means of a nuton the bolt t, ivoted on the pin 2, carried by ears forme on the standard B1 and extending1 through a hole in the adjustable arm n an operating to hold the arm n against the pressure of the s ring m1, whereby the arm 'It carrying the for ed support for the lever f maybe swung so as to move the rollerr towards or away from' the center of the gear to vary the'rate of rotation of the roller r re atively to that of the shafts. A flexible shaft s2 supported near its middle in an eye e, secured inthe standard B1, serves to communicate motion from the roller r to the shaft s3 carrying brush' w1, the rate of rotation of which is varied by the4 adjustment of the arm n in the manner just described and indicated. A collar a adjustably secured upon theshaft s serves to sustain, in the manner indicated, the thrust to the right exerted upon shaft s through the gear g by the friction roll r.

Pivotally su ported upon the tendin througlfi suitable ears formed on the base pate B, is seen the knife carrying arm fv, havin at its upper end the knife guard v2 nife v1. A bent lever u is pivotally standard B1. This lever u has a hole through its upper end, through `which there passes the bo t t1 and aroun this bolt tl there is located the spring m3, arranged to engage at its right and left hand: ends, respectively the upper end of the lever a and a boss formed on the lever o, in such a way as to tend to imj to restore the Pin p11y eX .h1 the arm f3 part to this lever v any motion to the right, asseen in Fig. 3, of the lever u. The lower end of this lever u carries; a longitudinal extension and is beveled-to permit the boss b4,

when the gear gv2 is revolved in the direction indicated b the arrow, to enga e the lever u and force tfie lower end thereo to the right and then pass b .and out of engagement therewith, once or each revolution of the gear g?. By this operation of the lever u and through the medium of the spring m3, the lever o carryin the knife \v1 is moved to the left as seen in ig. 1 for each revolution ofthe gear'gz, causing the knife 'v1 to engage the right hand side of the potato P for at least one revolution thereof, to remove the skin therefrpm next tothe pin d at points not readily accessible to the action of the brush w1. A sprin m2 extending between and connecting the' ever o and the standard B1, as seen in Fig. 3, o erates normally to hold the lever o to the ri t, as seen in Fig. 1, and this lever o is force over to the left only under the action of the stronger s ring lm3, which latter spring permits a yiel ing engagement of the knife o1 with the pot-ato and operates lever a to the position indicated in Fig. l. vThe bolt t1 operates to su port and properly aline at all times t e spring m3.

The revolving brush for removin from the potato is constructed pre? the following manner,-The teeth wZ are formed in connected sections from thin sheets of spring'l eithei` in Fig. 5 with all the teeth in' two adj acent rows connected to ether at that portion where they are secure in a cylinder w1, or two of such teeth may be formed of a single strip, as seen in Fig. 6 at ws. The teeth are the skin -1 erably in bent to a U shape and inserted in the slots.-

therefor in the cylinder w1, and are held in place by means of the inner cylinder w4. One of the ends w able, ends of this cylinder w1 are secured upon the shaft s3, which in turn is secured to and receives its motion from the flexible shaft s2. The bars into which the shell of the cylinder w1 is divided are rounded at their outer edges,

'as indicated in Fig. 4, to permit a greater degree of flexibility of the teeth wz.

The handle h1 is secured to the arm f 3 and a spring m4, connected to the arm f, as already described, and to the yoke f 2 articulating with the upper end of the arm f1, is provided for forcing the arm f1 carrying the brush w1; against the potato P in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. By means of the handle may be drawn to the position indicated in Fig. 1, in which position it may be held by means of a latch f4 pivoted at p8, engaging the pin p9 on the arm f 3H v A hood or jacket w3 is provided to catch of the cylinder w1 is removas indicated in Fig. 7, and both of the' and the parts carried thereby the fine particles of skin as they are removed from the potato and cause them to be thrown down and Vaway-from the machine. This hood 'w3 is shown only in dotted outline in Fig. 1. Y

Means are provided for securing the ma- .chine to any suitable table or support, comjusted preferably so that the parts assume the relative positions indicated in Fig. 1, for 'which positions latch f4 engages pin p9, then a potato is forced over and upon the pin d, then the shaft s is revolved by umeans of the handle h and the latch f 4 is disengaged from the pin p9, causing the brush w1 to engage the potato as it is revolved. By means of the flexible shaft s2, the brush w1 is revolved in the manner already described and indicated, and at the same time the worm wis revolved with the shaft s1, imparting rotary motion to the worm gear g2, and this results, by means of the connection between this worm gear g2 and the crank arm f8 on shaft p7, in causing the brush w1, on acco'unt of its support and connection already described, to be moved first towards and then away from the operator and to the right practically halfway around the potato, while the rapid rotation of this brush w1 causes the teeth thereon to remove the skin from the potato in fine particles which are deflected downwardly by the hood w3. The relation between the crank f8 and the diameter of the circle described by the pin p12 is such that, as the worm gear g2 revolves, the brush'w1 is caused to move reciprocally from left to right and right to left.

In the foregoing specifications and in the following claims I am using the term vegetable, meaning thereby any article of vegetable growth having a skin of such a character that it may be removed by abrasion.

What I claim is;

1. In a vegetable paring machine; a main operating element; a revoluble support for the vegetable and means connected with such main operating element for rotating such vegetable support; a brush revolubly supported in a frame and flexibly connected to a carrier; means connecting the brush and the carrier for yieldably holding such brush against the vegetable; such carrier being pivotally supported on the machine, and connections between such main operating element and such brush for rotating the same therefrom and between such main operating element and such carrier for causingthe same to traverse successively a cycle in which such brush traverses a path alpproximately half way around the ve etab e.

2.. ln a vegetable paring mac ine; a m'ain operating element; a revoluble support for the vegetable and means connected with such main o erating v element for rotating such vegetab e sup ort; a revoluble brush; a yieldable and e astic support for such brush; means, connected with such main operating element, for revolving such brush; means a so connectedy with such main operating element for causing thc brush to traverse successively a cycle including a path approximately half way around and in contact with a vegetable on such support therefor; a knife flexibly mounted upon the machine and means suitably mounted on the machine for bringing such knife into engagement with such vegetable at points adjacent to such su port therefor at regular intervals bearing a efinite relation to the periods of time during which such brush traverses such cycle.

3. In a vegetable paring machine; a main operating element; a revoluble support for the vegetable and means connected with such main o erating element for rotating such vegetab e support; a revoluble brush;

a frame carrying bearings for such brush; means suitably mounted on the machine and actuated by the main operating element for supporting and operating such frame whereby such brush is caused to traverse successively a cycle including a ath approximately half way around and in e astic and yieldable contact with a vegetable on such support therefor and means for imparting rotary motion to such brush from such main operating y element.

4. In a vegetable paring machine a main o erating element; a revoluble support for t e vegetable and means connected with such main o erating element for rotating such vegetab e support; a revoluble brush; a frame carrying bearings for such brush; means-suitably mounted on the machine and actuated by the main operating element for supporting and operating such frame whereby such brush is caused to traverse successively a cycle including a ath approximately half -way around and in elfastic and yieldable contact with a vegetable on such support therefor and approximately in a horizontal plane passing through the axis of such revoluble supportfor the vegetable and means for imparting rotary motion to such brush from such main operating element.

5. In a vegetable paring machine; a main operating element ;a revoluble support for the vegetable and means connected with such main o erating element for rotating such vegetable support; a shaft revolubly. supported in a frame, such frame flexibly connected with a carrier -and such carrier mounted to swing on the machine; connections between such main operating element and such shaft for rotating the same therefrom; a brush operatively supported from such shaft; connections vbetween such carrier and such main operating element for causing such carrier to traverse successively a cycle in which such brush traverses a path approximately halfway around the vegetab e and means for yieldably holding such brush against the Vegetable.

6. In a Vegetable paring machine; amain o erating element; a revoluble support vfor t e vegetable and means connected with such main operating element for rotating such vegetab e support; a brush operably mounted in a frame and flexibly connected With a carrier, such carrier pivotally mounted on the machine; connections between such main operating element, and such brush for operating the saine to cause different successive oints thereof to contact with the vegetal) e g .connections between such carrier and such main operating element for causing suchv carrier to traverse successively a cycle in which such brush traverses a path approxi- 25 mately half Way around the -Vegetable and means for holding such brush against the Vegetable.

LEON G. SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

RALPH R. SIMPSON, ALBERT C. BELL. 

